It took MLB about 100 years to get 1,000,000 strikeouts and another 38 years to get to 2,000,000 strikeouts. If the current pace continues, reaching the next milestone will take even less time. Extrapolating last year's amount of strikeouts gives us about 27 years until MLB reaches 3,000,000 strikeouts. Though if the recent past is any indication, it could easily come even sooner than that.